Great Artists Steal: How Artists Really Get Their Ideas by Debra N. Mancoff pulls back the curtain of what art was, is, and can become.
Ecclesiastes was Right
Tag: work
The Blue Binder
A tattered blue binder reveals a mind that sees pathways no one else can.
Jiaan’s Flowers
A public safety officer’s day at work after a tragedy.
AI and The Future of Creativity
Will AI make all writers, artists, poets, and story tellers obsolete? Do creative people need to stop using AI?
The Last Voice Message from Abuela
A quiet, haunting story about a woman who keeps receiving voicemails from her deceased grandmother – messages that evolve with time.
The Gardener
Following a family’s long-time gardener, Westin Yeled who discovers something that haunts him, and rocks his tiny world.
Interview With Jude Neale
I had the great pleasure of being able to interview the very prolific poet, Jude Neale, who is on the cusp of publishing And Now There Is Me.
El Salvador
When Bobby was twenty-one and newly arrived in America, he met a girl from El Salvador.
The Cows and the Mud
Heavy rain overnight
but the mud doesn’t bother the cows.
The Line in the Lake
Two strangers find themselves on opposite sides of an invisible line which unexpectedly guides them to a fortuitous future reunion.
Even the Stars
This poem illustrates that success is not necessarily what everyone sees, but what you have to do so that you are happy.
November Seventeenth
A special day in the life of a working couple whose relationship is fraying under the stress caused by one partner’s success.